10:20 am UTC May. 5, 2021
The redevelopment of historic mill sites in Greenville is causing a ripple effect in adjoining mill villages, boosting property values and spurring the sale of homes to investors, forever altering the neighborhoods.
Residents of Poe Mill are at the beginning of mill revitalization. A developer has plans to transform the abandoned Poe Mill site into a mixed-use development, and it stands to bring dramatic changes.
Some residents in the lower to middle-income neighborhood are concerned they will be priced out by rising rent — the very definition of gentrification — after battling years of crime and blight to forge a better future.